Collar-supporter.



G. A. SMITH.

COLLAR SUPPORTER. APPLICATION man JULY 21. 1914. RENEWED Now/42.1915.

1,179,772. Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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GEORGE ARTT-IUR SMITH, OF $EATTLE, WASHINGTON.

COLLAR-SUPPORTER.

Application filed July 21, 1914, Serial No. 852,145. Renewed November 22, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE -ARTHUR SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashingtomlmve invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar- Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collar supporters and has for its object the provision of simpleand convenient elastic devices to encompass the neck-band of a linen collar and retain the front edges or forwardly positioned extremities in close relation and in the neat and pleasing manner prescribed by present customs.

A further object of the invention is the provision of apparatus for securing a necktie to said elastic device and in operative condition with relation to the collar, so that the necktie may be adjusted freely without binding or unnecessary strain; a further object of the invention being to relieve the necktie of the duty of holding the collar ends together and causing such function to be performed by the elastic tape device above referred to, whereby the necktie may be arranged with more pleasing effect and without undue wear thereon.

In the drawings annexted hereto and in i the following specification, a single embodiment of my invention is shown and described, although obviously, various changes and modifications of a useful character may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the purpose or spirit of the invention.

The invention consists in the novel con struction of collar supporting devices, and the combination and adaptation therewith of necktie holding apparatus, as will be fully described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally set forth in the appended claim.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspec tive view of the collar-supporting and necktie-holding devices embodying my invention arranged in operative condition with a necktie, with the collar to which they are adapted to be attached, removed. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same shown attached to a turn-over collar also shown in section. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the tie-holding slide.

Referring to said views, the reference numeral 1 indicates a strip of elastic tape or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Serial No. 62,918.

other suitable material of relatively narrow width which is provided at one of its ends with a hook member 2 and at its opposite ends with an eye-member 3 having an eye 5 adapted to be engaged by said hook mem her to retain the said strip in annular condition. One end of said strip is-provided with a loop formed by doubling back an extrenr ity of the strip material and securing it to the body of the strip by means of sliding buckle 6 whereby said strip may be adjusted to various lengths, as will be well understood. Said looped end of the strip may be provided with a scale graduated in inches The collar is adjusted upon the shirt in the usual manner and the elastic strip positioned thereabout under sufficient tension to cause the tape to draw the front ends of the collar together and retain the front flaps of the collar in close relation. In this manner the clasp members 2 and 3 are hooked together. Intermediate said ends of the elastic strip may be attached thereto, one or more slides adapted to retain said strip in proper position relative to the collar and also to afford a sliding holder for a necktie T at the rear of the collar. Said slides each consist in a plate 12 formed with duplex apertures 13 divided by projections 14L between which are arranged a space whereby the strip may be threaded into said apertures 13 in order to position or remove the slide upon or from the strip without threading the latter through said apertures. At the lower portion of said plate a hook 17 is bent inwardly and upwardly, whereby the plate may be readily connected to the bottom edge of the neck-band of a collar, as indicated in Fig. 2. At the upper and lower edges of said plate there is also provided outturned and vertically arranged hook members 18 and 19 extending in opposing relation to receive the necktie therebetween. When such slides are connected to the elastic strip and then connected through the book 17 with the collar, it will be seen that the strip is thereby secured at it rear intermediate portion in fiat spaced vertical relation at the rear of the collar, said hook member 17 being provided with suflicient resiliency to hold itself in adjusted position with the collar.

Before the collar is mounted upon the shirt, the necktie is positioned within the hook members 18 and 19 of each of the slides and when the collar is mounted upon the shirt in operative condition the necktie is thus similarly held in adjusted relation to slide and elastic strip and with less Wear and v tear on the delicate fabrics from which they are usually made.

The lnventlon 1s slmple and economical to manufacture and convenient to put on, and unobtrusive to Wear and is believed to be a considerable advance in the art to which it pertains.

Having described my invention, What I claim, is

In a device of the class described, a tie and collar support and guide formed of a blank having a central opening, opposed inwardlydirected lugs carried by the end walls of the opening and spaced apart at their ends, the lower end of the blank having a struck out portion With said struck-out portion and main body portion bent in;opposite directions to provide a pair of guides of equal length, and a hook formed on the upper end of the blank in alinement with one of the lower guides.

Signed at Seattle, ash, this 3rd day of July 1914.

GEORGE ARTHUR SMITH. Witnesses:

E. PETERsoN, HoRAoE BARNES.

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